Salix uva-ursi

Salix uva-ursi, the bearberry willow, is a species of flowering plant in the family Salicaceae, native to subarctic and subalpine parts of northeastern North America and Greenland.^[1][2] A prostrate shrub, the extreme southern edge of its range is high in the mountains of northern New England^[3] and northern New York.^[4]

Salix uva-ursi
In the White Mountain National Forest
Seeding
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Salicaceae
Genus:	Salix
Species:	S. uva-ursi
Binomial name
Salix uva-ursi Pursh
Synonyms[1]
List Salix arbuscula var. labradorica Andersson Salix cutleri var. labradorica Andersson Salix cutleri f. major Andersson Salix cutleri f. minor Andersson Salix ivigtutiana Lundstr. Salix prostrata Muhl. Salix retusa Oakes ex Tucker Salix uva-ursi f. lasiophylla Fernald Salix uva-ursi f. phyllolepis Fernald Vimen uva-ursi (Pursh) Raf.